Lakhs of trains run daily in the country. Whatever the weather, the train runs as long as it can. Crores of people travel in trains and go from one place to another. Most of the time you must have heard that lightning strikes during the rainy season. However, this question must have come to your mind some time or the other what will happen if lightning strikes the train during rain... Today we are going to tell you about it in detail.
Why does the train not stop in the rain?
No matter how heavy the rain is, trains keep running. Trains stop only when the track gets damaged or broken. Apart from this, whether it is cold or raining, trains continue to run as per their schedule.
What will happen if lightning strikes a moving trains?
It costs a lot to build a train because the body of the train is made of iron. While making trains, special care is taken to the interior. The outer body of the train is made of iron or steel, while the interior is made of wood. In such a situation, electricity does not affect the people sitting on the train. He remains completely safe.
Earthing device helps
Earthing device is installed by the Railways, which plays an important role in avoiding such disasters. Even if lightning strikes a train, it takes the shortest route and gets grounded from the compartment to the tracks and then through the earthing device. Because of this, nothing happens to the passengers sitting on the train.
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